The holidays are just around the corner, and Pennsylvania Winery Association wants to help you choose a wine that pairs best with your tasty holiday offerings.  So sure are they that you can find a perfect match for your meal among the wines of Pennsylvania, they reached out to wineries across the state and asked, [...]

If you’re in Philly or not too far outside, consider doing your Thanksgiving shopping at the Reading Terminal Market. What could be more festive than doing your holiday marketing at our nation’s oldest continuously operating farmers’ market? You can find everything you need at the Reading Terminal Market to make a fabulous Thanksgiving meal, and [...]

Don’t despair!  With fall’s frosty temperatures, the fresh food in our area does not suddenly vanish.  Most area farmers’ markets are moving into their fall/winter session with fewer market dates and shorter hours, but most are still operating right up until Christmas. Did you know that collard greens are said to be sweetest after the [...]

My cousin Kelly has a great post on what to do with that Halloween pumpkin on The Morning After. So, you’ve carefully cut out 2 eyes, a nose, and a mouth.  Your jack-o-lantern is looking pretty cute – that is until the next day when it starts to rot onto your front steps. I always [...]

From their newsletter: All the meat at the Oakmont Farmers Market is pastured and humanely raised; no producer who uses CAFO technology or pre-emptive antibiotics is allowed at our market. To get a better understanding of why we require our farmers to produce meat animals in a humane and sustainable manner, here is an article [...]

For those trying to avoid GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms), I just found this resource, the Non-GMO Shopping Guide. WHY avoid GMOs GMO crops have had genes inserted in order to produce plants that are bigger, more insect resistant, or more desirable in some way.  Basically, it makes the crops impervious to the herbicides that the [...]

I love the idea of an ASC as opposed to a CSA. In this country, the differences between CSAs are as vast as the number of CSAs. While they are primarily vegetable-based, many offer fruits as well. Meat, cheese, and even grain/flour CSAs are in existence. Most CSAs have members sign up early, sometimes even [...]